According to the former police chief who spoke to journalists from his Makurdi home, these politicians know who these bandits are and why they are carrying out their attacks.

His words:

“Banditry and insecurity are created by politicians and the politicians know who the bandits are. They know why these people are doing this. I want to appeal to our political class to have a change of heart and cooperate with security agencies to reduce criminality in the land. “If the police are courageous enough to search houses and monitor activities of politicians, you will see what they will recover from them.”